Behind the Rise of U.S. Solar Power, a Mountain of Chinese Coal

[furrowtickler]

I am not against the idea , or that it does help slightly overall with demand , I just shake my head at the 100% environmental and free propaganda slant
You want to talk misinformation.... that is beyond comprehension to anyone who can think for more that 2 minutes

[chuckChuck]

And needs thousands of miles of new transmission line right up to your house that will never be built. Oil will still be here in a big way 100 yrs from now. There are over 4B people on this planet who have never known air conditioning before or modern home appliances before or even owned a car.

yeah some panels are turbines are really going to make a dent in that demand.

There at some point will be a full out abandonment of this green scam just like Germany realized 10 yrs too late. All will be reversed, nuclear will be fast tracked (but still take 10 yrs to permit and build) and oil will step in again for the survival of the foolish.

And Trump was going to win the election and covid would be gone right after! Your predictions and analysis are always right on.

[burnt]

I don't know anything about the thorium-fueled reactors. Can you elaborate with coles notes please.

Saskatchewan is world class uranium opportunity, along with other mineral, nutrient, gas, etc opportunities time and technology will quickly develop these products

I really was hoping someone who understands the language would step up - chemistry baffles me.

Thorium is a radioactive chemical element found all over the globe in greater quantities than uranium. From what I gather, it is difficult to produce it economically thus far. That may be partially why it's role in energy production hasn't had more development.

However, when used as a nuclear fuel, it does not produce nearly the same numbers or volumes of hazardous waste, making it a far safer fuel source than uranium.

Suitable for most types of nuke reactors, it is particularly well suited to Molten Salt Reactors. In my limited understanding, it seems like thorium, being non-fissile, can use normal, radioactive nuclear waste to start the reactive process.

It's byproducts/waste cannot be used to create nuclear weapons.

IIRC, the latter point is why the energy complex went with uranium for making nuclear energy or thorium. If that is correct, the decision was made in a "complicated" manner by interests outside of the energy complex...

Please pardon my less-than-rudimentary knowledge and explanation, but hopefully it at least provides a bit of insight.

Really looking for someone who can speak knowledgeably to this.

[jazz]

Here is the full accounting a green boondoggle thanks to the idiot detached from reality environmental crowd.

A project that was projected at $2B has ballooned to $12B and doubled power prices and made the province of just a million people ready to declare insolvency.

Oh please chuck why dont you defend it. Any cbc articles at the ready?

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/np-view-liberals-ensure-the-muskrat-falls-boondoggle-is-everyones-burden

Now project a few dozen of these onto the country and poof, bye bye Canadian economy.

[shtferbrains]

Solar is free and will save the planet and has zero environmental impact.

https://hbr.org/2021/06/the-dark-side-of-solar-power
Be nice if this was hot linked as it details some of the issues coming to light as solar is more widely addopted.
The reason for the rapid expasion is not so much cheap power but the 26% tax credit that is scheduled to end encouraging a huge flood of investors.
California has some of the fastest rising energy prices and routinly can't provide power when the people die of heat that they are trying to prevent.